Subtitle: Both Christianity Today and Focus On The Family recommend
Harry Potter books to Christian parents, continuing their downward spiritual
spiral. We will discuss what they have to say, comparing their recommendations
to Scripture, to our in-depth knowledge of the occult, and to Christian common
sense. However, Family Life tells parents NOT to allow children to read Potter!

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A Christianity Today Editorial
-- "It's Christmas present
shopping time, time for your 10-year-old to make his list -- and for you
to check it twice. But are the Harry Potter books at the top of his list
-- the first books topping his list for as long as you can remember -- naughty
or nice? These mutimillion-selling stars of bestseller lists cause some
anxiety for Christians since the main characters are wizards and witches."

"In fact, you may have read newspaper accounts and heard radio
reports of how Christians are fighting school boards over having the books in
libraries. As a concerned parent, what should you do? We think you
should read the Harry Potter books to your kids."

We shall run into this type of reasoning from another Christian source in this article, but
we need to stop here and simply address this horrible idea that it is
all right for a parent to read objectionable material to children so that they
can stop in the middle of the story to tell your child that what you have just
read to them is very bad and they should ignore it. This idea is the
same as a defense attorney saying something he knows the judge is going to
object to, to disallow, and then tell the jurors they are to forget what they just
heard; the defense attorney is laughing all the way because he knows human
nature is such that the jurors will not only remember what he just said,
but their remembrance will be nailed down in their subconscious minds by the
judge's admonition to ignore it. In other words, the judge's ruling
against the defense attorney will forever lock the thing he said in the juror's minds. Why
is this? Because human beings are, by nature, sinful, rebellious against
constituted authority, and wicked. [Jeremiah 17:9]

Now, let us get back to this idea that parents can read
objectionable material to their kids on the silly, un-Biblical notion that they
can remove the sting of the material by "discussing" it with their kids, telling
them how bad it is and that they should ignore what they have just heard.
This fantasy scenario will never, ever happen!

In fact, if Christianity Today is now
advocating that parents should read Harry Potter to your kids; tomorrow, will Christianity Today advocate reading Pornography to your
kids? What is the difference? In fact, a parent will do less
harm to their child by reading and/or watching pornography to their children
than by reading Harry Potter to them. Why is this true? It is true
because Pornography appeals to a child's physical, temporal lust, while Harry Potter appeals
to a child's rebellious nature against God and anything related to God.
Effects of pornography will end when a person's body dies, but learning
Witchcraft will carry an eternal punishment. Now, do not get me
wrong: I am NOT advocating that a parent read and/or watch
Pornography to their children; I am merely going to the next logical extreme
to prove a point about Harry Potter and the Witchcraft taught. Witchcraft carries more serious
effects on a person than pornography alone.

In fact, God has far more warnings, and much more severe, against teaching children
Witchcraft than it ever has against a man seeing the nudity of a
woman. Both are sin, to be sure, but God promised physical, annihilating judgment against
the nation that teaches its children Witchcraft! [Read NEWS1377 for
full details]

The other terrible result from parents reading Harry Potter to their
children is that children learn lessons from parents by both their mouth and by
their actions. Even though the parent may say that the Witchcraft in Harry
Potter is wrong and should not be copied, the child can understand that the
parent, by his or her action in reading Harry Potter to them, is actually
sanctioning it. The child will then be able to choose which signal from
their parents they are going to heed -- are they going to heed the advice coming
out of the mouth, or are they going to heed the sanctioning of Harry Potter
flowing from their action? The child will then choose the message they want to
listen to, and it will almost always flow to the evil choice, given mankind's
naturally evil heart [Jeremiah 17:9]

"... Christians should never apologize for
rigorously scrutinizing what influences our children. A major scandal of
our how is how seldom this happens. Modern witchcraft is indeed an
ensnaring, seductive false religion that we must protect our children from ...
But the literary witchcraft of the Harry Potter series has almost no resemblance
to the I-a,-God mumbo jumbo of Wiccan
circles."

Let me address the last sentence first; this author has made a
superficially correct statement when he states that the witchcraft of Harry
Potter has little resemblance to Wiccan witchcraft. However, this
statement leads one to conclude that the witchcraft of Harry Potter is somehow
less dangerous and obnoxious than that of Wiccan, when the reality is just the
opposite!! While Wiccan witchcraft concentrates on the "godhead within
man" and upon Nature Worship, the Harry Potter Witchcraft focuses on the really dark,
Satanic, Antichrist form of exercising power. Once again, Christianity
Today is stating a half-truth, which leads to a complete lie.

Secondly,
all thinking, discerning Christians need to totally reject this idea
that the Black Magick witchcraft of Harry Potter is all right because it is
simply a "literary" device! Two decades ago, we were told that we had to
accept Pornography because it was protected by the Freedom of Speech
provision of our precious Constitution. Thus, by this "device" Pornography was
allowed to become established, and today it is infecting millions of our men
with its fleshly lust. On Judgment Day, Jesus Christ will not tolerate any such suggestion
that it is all right to teach our children Black Magick
Witchcraft because it is a "literary device".

This idea is patent nonsense!! Listen to the Apostle
Paul: "Let no one delude and deceive you with empty excuses and groundless
arguments for these sins, for through these things the wrath of God comes upon
the sons of rebellion and disobedience." [Ephesians 5:6,
Amplified Bible Commentary ]

Then, finally, the editors of Christianity Today say that Harry Potter
is equivalent to a "Book of Virtues", citing the values of compassion, loyalty,
courage, friendship, and self-sacrifice as being taught. While no one
argues that these stated values are Christian, one cannot argue that the Witchcraft
of Harry Potter is harmless because it teaches these values.

You might as well argue that it is alright to feed your child
cheese and ham wrapped in a poisonous leaf! The cheese and ham will not
kill your child, but the poisonous leaf certainly will. Conversely, the
values of compassion, loyalty, courage, friendship, and self-sacrifice will not
spiritually kill your child, but the Black Magick Witchcraft in which they come
wrapped certainly will!

Are you really ready to stand before Jesus Christ with these
arguments as to why you have allowed your child's soul to be ensnared by Satan
through Harry Potter? "Gee, Lord, I thought Harry Potter Witchcraft was
all right because it taught these good values"! I can hear the Lord say,
"Not everyone who says until me, 'Lord, Lord', shall enter into Heaven ... I
will say to them openly, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act
wickedly, disregarding My commands'." [Matthew 7:21, 23]

What commands are parents ignoring when they read their children
the Black Magick Witchcraft from Harry Potter books?

* "There shall not be found among you any one that ...
useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or
a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a
necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD
..." [Deuteronomy 18:10-12]

* "He that walketh righteously, and
speaketh uprightly ... and shutteth his eyes from
seeing evil ; He
shall dwell on high." [Isaiah 33:15-16; Emphasis added] Of course, this "dwelling on high"
refers to Heaven. ONLY those who walk righteously and speak uprightly
are going to Heaven! Reading Black Magick Witchcraft is NOT walking righteously,
nor is it shutting one's eyes from seeing evil.

* "Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine
Holy One? ... O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God,
thou hast established them for correction. Thou art of purer eyes than to
behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them
that deal treacherously ..." [Habakkuk 1:12-13] God's eyes are so pure He
cannot look upon evil, and He commands us to do likewise. Organizations like
Christianity Today that find excuses for Harry Potter are "dealing treacherously" with you! Notice
that such people who do behold evil are "ordained for judgment".

* "Wash you, make you clean; put
away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil" [Proverbs
1:16]

This recommendation was not so bold and direct as was
Christianity Today. Rather, Ms Beam seemed to explore both sides of the issue,
admitting that these books portrayed frightening occult scenes and creatures to
young children. She said:

"However, the series contains other aspects that may give
Christian parents a reason for pause. Magical characters -- witches,
wizards, goblins, werewolves, poltergeists, and so on -- fill the pages.
The evil that Rowling portrays is both dark and scary. In the first two
books, the final battle scene is violent and may contain too much gore for young
readers. While the third volume doesn't end in so violent a battle, its
warfare on the psychological is sinister and frightening. All of the books
include scattered references to blood, murder, and other forms of death.
There are several references to swearing along with a few gratuitous
[ones]. Alcohol use is excused on occasion."

Wow! With all these definitely un-Christian elements
admittedly in the book, I can only think of the strict Biblical
admonition: "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if
there be any praise, think on these things." {Philippians 4:8]

Certainly, I thought, Focus On The Family
was going to recommend that Christian parents NOT allow their children to read
Harry Potter books. However, this is not the case, as I soon
discovered. Focus On The Family was giving a Conditional Acceptance of
Harry Potter books, even though they admitted that the books were literally
filled
with dark, mysterious witchcraft.
Let us examine what recommendation they did give. Each Focus On
The Family recommendation is preceded by a (*) asterisk:

* "We encourage parents to screen the books first to
determine if the series is appropriate for the age and maturity of their own
children." According to this most un-Biblical line of reasoning, there is
an age at which God specifically allows a child to fill his or her mind with
scenes of the kind of Witchcraft specifically forbidden in the Bible! What
is that age, Ms Beam? The answer will be deafeningly silent, because the
truth of the matter is that God never has allowed one of His people, called by
His name, to fill their minds with Satanism, at any age!!

* "Then, parents who choose to allow
their children to read Harry Potter should be actively involved in
the reading process." According to this line of reasoning, at what age is it appropriate
for a parent to read Pornography to her children? At what age is it
appropriate for a parent to read books glorifying drug use to a child? This is like
parents who think it all right to serve their children alcohol, as long as it
is in their home, not realizing how misguided this practice truly is.

While you may think I have run to the extreme, you need to
consider the truth that drug use and pornography are less of an offense in God's
sight than Witchcraft! Witchcraft teaches people to worship a god other
than the God of the Holy Bible, and nothing makes God more angry than
that! When are "Christian" ministries going to get their thinking
processes straight in this day and age?

* "Apart from the benefit of wise adult guidance in reading
these books, it is best to leave Harry Potter on the shelf. Instead,
explore such imaginative fantasy as C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, which,
while including magic and even witches, give an untainted message because they
are written from a Christian worldview." As I said in NEWS1377, Satan has
had his hand on our English language for the past 600 years. I would not
recommend even C.S. Lewis because it veers too close to the line of being
appropriate and can encourage a child to seek even more information about
witches and the magic they spell. However, C.S. Lewis does not teach
advanced Witchcraft, as does Harry Potter.

* "Harry Potter is a standard tale of good
vs. evil, and good always wins in the end." This lie is one of the most
often stated in all of the Entertainment Industry, and where it is
applied to Witchcraft, it needs to be halted once and for
all. Harry Potter is not a story of good versus evil; it is a story
of White Magic Witchcraft versus Black Magick Witchcraft. As Satanist
Anton LaVey says in his Satanic Bible
, this
differentiation is nonsense. "White magic is supposedly utilized only
for good or unselfish purposes, and black magic, we are told, is used only
for selfish or 'evil' reasons. Satanism draws no such dividing
line. Magic is magic, be it used to help or hinder." [The Satanic Bible,
Page 51]

In the Harry Potter books, Harry and his
friends are the White Magic wizards fighting the evil Voldemort, the Lord
of Darkness and Evil. Both are wizards, and both are drawing
their ability and power from the exact same source! Anton LaVey just
told us so! From 1983-87, Masters of the Universe was the most
powerful license ever in the history of Toy Retailing. In the accompanying
cartoon series, He-Man was the White Magic Witch, doing battle
with Skeletor, the Black Magick Witch. However, the story
line was at least honest, for it depicted both He-Man and Skeletor lifting their
magical swords to the heavens, and calling their power from Castle
Greyskull! At least the story line admitted that both sides
draw their power from the lair of Satan, Castle Greyskull.

However, Harry Potter and all other such
occult story lines in America today, are not so open with their listeners.
Oh, no, instead, we are told that the story line is a
standard one of "good versus evil". Nonsense! Furthermore, no one can rejoice when the Good
Witch is always portrayed as getting the best of the Evil Witch!
All is Satanism. Now, listen to more Focus On The Family recommendation:

* "Harry, the hero, often triumphs
because of his upright character and pure motives." What kind of "pure motives"
can flow from a person who is a White Magic
Witch? All witches deny the Deity and Salvation work of Jesus Christ; therefore, Harry
Potter must deny the Deity and Salvation work of Jesus Christ, or he is
not a true witch. Another Christian organization, Family Life, states, "We have been
unable to find any mention by J. K. Rowling or her interviewers to religion or faith
in Jesus Christ." How, then, can a witch who denies the heart
and soul of Christianity still have "upright character" or "true motives"?

I am reminded of Jesus' Words on this subject:

"Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of
thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good
fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot
bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good
fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." [Matthew
7:16-20]

Do not Christian authors realize that,
even as they are admitting that Harry Potter is FULL
of the most evil witchcraft imaginable, that they
are describing a tree of Bad Fruit? Why, then, do they turn right around
and recommend the bad fruit of the Harry Potter tree? We Christian
parents need to be absolutely outraged at any and all books that teach stories
set in un-Christian and anti-Biblical scenes!

* "This mindset clearly affects the way magic and wizardry
are portrayed -- not as an occult power but as a literary device (comparable to
the use of horses and six-shooters in stories of adventure in the Old
West)." Once again, this is pure nonsense! None of the Old West stories
depicted gross Black Magic Witchcraft, as does Harry Potter. How can you
compare neutral horses and guns to heinous Witchcraft that God has specifically
forbidden, with great and strong language? You simply cannot, and still
maintains the credibility of the discerning Christian audience.

Unfortunately, we have a lot of
Christians today attending Liberal churches and who are not well-versed
in Scripture; therefore, they are not discerning, since Biblical discernment is a spiritual matter. We have
already covered God's exceedingly strong language forbidding the very Witchcraft of the Harry Potter books.

Focus On The Family used to be Fundamental to the cause of
Jesus Christ. I remember one day in 1986, when Dr. James Dobson said that
he felt America had already crossed the line with God, and that now His Divine
Judgment, physical annihilation, was inevitable.

But then, inexplicably, just a few short
years later, Dr. Dobson printed the initial book on Promise
Keepers
and began promoting this organization founded on principles totally un-Biblical! [Read our
NEWS1171, "Promise Keepers -- A Discerning Examination" for full details]. This support of Promise Keepers was
our first concrete sign that Dr. Dobson was moving away from the Narrow Road of
Christianity; now, his conditional acceptance of Harry Potter is another significant indication
of this drift.

Do not be deceived: Dobson's conditional acceptance
of Potter opens the door against evil just a tiny crack, which is exactly what
Satan desires. Once the door is open just a crack, he can open it all the
way over a period of time. This fact is why Jesus Himself commands
us, "Hold fast to what you have"! [Revelation 2:25; principle repeated in Rev
3:3; Hebrews 10:23; 4:14; 3:6;[

Please allow the Apostle Paul the final word on this whole
subject of Harry Potter: "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil." [1
Thessalonians 5:21-22; Emphasis added]

Every one of the Christian organizations, and most pro-Potter
websites, I have read have admitted that Harry Potter is filled to the
full with Witchcraft, Wizardry, spells, crystal ball reading, changing
from human to animal and back, demonic hauntings, and so on. If you
consider yourself a Christian, you will obey this verse:

HOLD FAST
THAT WHICH IS GOOD AND ABSTAIN FROM ALL APPEARANCE OF
EVIL!

FAMILY LIFE/CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR
CHRIST RECOMMENDS CHRISTIAN PARENTS NOT ALLOW THEIR
CHILDREN TO READ HARRY POTTER!

"The books' main character is a wizard who is learning to practice spells,
witchcraft, and magic ... We have been unable to find any mention by J. K.
Rowling or her interviewers to religion or faith in Jesus Christ ... We do not
believe that Rowling is purposefully writing to point readers to Jesus Christ.
She is appealing to the most powerful brain function children
have–imagination–and steering them toward witchcraft and power. Through her
creative and whimsical use of words and her delightful storytelling style, she
is making witchcraft and magic seem a little too attractive. If children are
fascinated with Rowling's view of witchcraft and the occult, it may be very easy
for them to be introduced to material that is horribly dark and evil." http://www.familylife.com/articles/printme.asp

We can only agree, completely! Finally, we have found
a Christian organization that has recognized the inherent dangers of allowing
children to learn the ways of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. Children ARE fascinated by the dark powers of the
occult, because of their inherently evil sin nature; therefore, God has commanded
parents to keep their children from such danger and corruption. While we disagree
with much of Campus Crusade For Christ, at least they have issued
the correct recommendation on Harry Potter!

"We encourage you to avoid Harry Potter.
If you wish to err on
the side of caution, do not allow your children to check these books out
from the library, purchase them, borrow them from friends, or listen as their
teachers read them in class." Of course, it is a little
difficult for children to avoid listening to Harry Potter being read in
their public classroom, which is just the most recent good reason for Christian parents
to pull their children out! While purchasing the Scholastic Teacher's Guide
on Harry Potter, I asked the clerk at this educational store if
a lot of public school teachers were buying these teacher's guides; the
clerk said, "Oh, yes, these books are selling like crazy". Therefore, you know that the
chances are excellent that your child will be reading these books in
public school.

The conditioning aspect of a public school system is the key reason Karl
Marx first advocated such an institution. Do not be deceived: the primary
reason for public schools today is to indoctrinate your precious children into
the values and attitudes of the coming New World system of Antichrist. His
appearance has got to be very close, as Harry Potter demonstrates that a high
proportion of the public are conditioned to accept him, a stated pre-condition
for Antichrist to arise.

While we disagree with Family Life
suggesting C.S. Lewis and certainly the dark J.R. Tolkien, we applaud them for
their discernment for coming out against Harry Potter.

GOD'S COMMANDS ON WHAT TO TEACH
YOUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN

God commands parents to teach His
commandments so thoroughly to their children that their young minds will be
saturated
with them. Listen: "And these words, which I command thee
this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and
when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest
up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts
of thy house, and on thy gates." [Deuteronomy 6:6-9]

Here, we can see parents instructed to talk of
God's Words in everyday life, teaching them with earnest diligence, and setting
an example of a lifestyle of Christian living every day of your life.
Biblical ignorance is so rampant among even devout Christians today that most
Christian parents are not aware of how seriously God has commanded them to
saturate their children's minds and
hearts with Biblical words and precepts. If Christian parents were really
and truly saturating the minds of their children in this way, they would be
walking so close to the Lord that they would instantly recognize the danger
posed by Harry Potter's obvious Satanism, and stay far, far away from it!

As the Apostle Paul warned, "Let no one
delude and deceive you with empty excuses and groundless arguments for these
sins, for through these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of rebellion
and disobedience." [Ephesians 5:6, Amplified Bible
Commentary ]

This deception is getting so very, very good that "even the
elect" might be deceived, just as Jesus foretold. Truly, this is the End of the Age.

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